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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB 589    </title>
<shortdesc>ETHICS-COMM COLLEGES-LOCAL GOV</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>Senate Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson and Michael W. Frerichs</sponsors>
</sponsor>
<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/13/2009</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</lastaction>
<synopsis>
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<reference>5 ILCS 430/1-5</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><reference>5 ILCS 430/70-5</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Classifies community college districts as units of local government that must adopt resolutions regulating the political activities and the solicitation and acceptance of gifts by their officials and employees (now, classified as State agencies subject to the entire Act's regulation and enforcement by the Executive Ethics Commission and the Governor's Executive Inspector General). Effective immediately.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>2/8/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Filed with Secretary by Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson</action>
<statusdate>2/8/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>2/8/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Referred to Rules</action>
<statusdate>3/20/2007</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Frerichs</action>
<statusdate>1/13/2009</statusdate><chamber>Senate</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
</actions>
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